Posted at 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Gunman who robbed off-duty officer arrested in Kalihi
Advertiser Staff
A McCully man was arrested today on suspicion of robbing an off-duty police officer of his car at gunpoint.The off-duty officer had gone to a Kanakanui Street location in Kalihi Kai at the request of a woman relative who was being threatened by her son, police said.
The suspect, 31, who is a felon with 17 prior convictions, was reportedly high on drugs when he allegedly pointed a 9mm pistol at the off-duty officer, demanded the keys to his vehicle and drove off, police said.
The off-duty officer reported the robbery at 4:43 p.m.
The suspect was arrested at 4:57 p.m. on the H-1 Freeway eastbound lanes near the Gulick Avenue overpass. He was booked for first-degree robbery, first-degree terroristic threatening, and two warrants totalling $66,000 for stay-away order violations.
